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Experts here warn that China could suffer
everything from severe disruptions in power and water to lesser but
still
expensive glitches in telecommunications,
banking, public health and transportation.
And China's woes could spill over to Hong Kong,
where banks,
brokerage firms and shipping companies with close
ties to the mainland are worried about lost cargo and missing
payments.
"China is very, very behind in Y2K contingency
planning," said Joseph Sweeney, director of research at the Hong
Kong office of Gartner Group, a research firm
that specializes in the Year 2000 problem. "There's no way many of
their organizations will come up to speed in
time."
Yet so little is known about the nature of the
problem here that the experts are often reduced to a digital-age
version of reading tea leaves as they scrounge
for clues about how and where China will be affected. The dearth of
data is compounded by China's computer network --
a mix of 1960s-era mainframe machines and pirated
copies of the latest Windows software running on
a variety of
personal computers.
Tim Shepheard-Walwyn, the chairman of the Global
2000
Coordinating Group, a consortium of 300 banks
that monitors Year 2000 compliance, said he did not have enough
information even to make a judgment about China.
==============
It is an ABSURDITY to say that 'not enough is
known' to make a decision about China.
Patently ABSURD.
From the SAME article:
If the Chinese banks suffer computer
malfunctions, it would
paralyze hundreds of millions of dollars of
settlements within days.
One big problem is that an estimated 96 percent
of the software in China is pirated. Software manufacturers
generally refuse to repair products not sold
under a license. Faced with buying a license to become Year 2000
compliant, many Chinese companies simply opt
to leave their equipment alone.
But Chen said there were potential trouble spots.
The plant that supplies two-thirds of Beijing's water cannot be
shut down for testing, and Chen said he did not
know whether its computers were
vulnerable.
But Pollayannas will always assert that they do
not have enough
information. Even a letter from God would be
insufficient.
The fact of the matter is that China is about to
dissolve taking a great deal of the rest of Asia with them, and by
extension, the rest of the world.

Experts here warn that China could suffer
everything from severe disruptions in power and water to lesser but
still
expensive glitches in telecommunications,
banking, public health and transportation.

And China's woes could spill over to Hong Kong,
where banks,
brokerage firms and shipping companies with close
ties to the mainland are worried about lost cargo and missing
payments.
"China is very, very behind in Y2K contingency
planning," said Joseph Sweeney, director of research at the Hong
Kong office of Gartner Group, a research firm
that specializes in the Year 2000 problem. "There's no way many of
their organizations will come up to speed in
time."
Yet so little is known about the nature of the
problem here that the experts are often reduced to a digital-age
version of reading tea leaves as they scrounge
for clues about how and where China will be affected. The dearth of
data is compounded by China's computer network --
a mix of 1960s-era mainframe machines and pirated
copies of the latest Windows software running on
a variety of
personal computers.
Tim Shepheard-Walwyn, the chairman of the Global
2000
Coordinating Group, a consortium of 300 banks
that monitors Year 2000 compliance, said he did not have enough
information even to make a judgment about China.
==============
It is an ABSURDITY to say that 'not enough is
known' to make a decision about China.
Patently ABSURD.
From the SAME article:
If the Chinese banks suffer computer
malfunctions, it would
paralyze hundreds of millions of dollars of
settlements within days.
One big problem is that an estimated 96 percent
of the software in China is pirated. Software manufacturers
generally refuse to repair products not sold
under a license. Faced with buying a license to become Year 2000
compliant, many Chinese companies simply opt
to leave their equipment alone.
But Chen said there were potential trouble spots.
The plant that supplies two-thirds of Beijing's water cannot be
shut down for testing, and Chen said he did not
know whether its computers were
vulnerable.
But Pollayannas will always assert that they do
not have enough
information. Even a letter from God would be
insufficient.
The fact of the matter is that China is about to
dissolve taking a great deal of the rest of Asia with them, and by
extension, the rest of the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/05/biztech/articles/11year.html

Experts here warn that China could suffer
everything from severe disruptions in power and water to lesser but
still
expensive glitches in telecommunications,
banking, public health and transportation.

And China's woes could spill over to Hong Kong,
where banks,
brokerage firms and shipping companies with close
ties to the mainland are worried about lost cargo and missing
payments.
"China is very, very behind in Y2K contingency
planning," said Joseph Sweeney, director of research at the Hong
Kong office of Gartner Group, a research firm
that specializes in the Year 2000 problem. "There's no way many of
their organizations will come up to speed in
time."
Yet so little is known about the nature of the
problem here that the experts are often reduced to a digital-age
version of reading tea leaves as they scrounge
for clues about how and where China will be affected. The dearth of
data is compounded by China's computer network --
a mix of 1960s-era mainframe machines and pirated
copies of the latest Windows software running on
a variety of
personal computers.
Tim Shepheard-Walwyn, the chairman of the Global
2000
Coordinating Group, a consortium of 300 banks
that monitors Year 2000 compliance, said he did not have enough
information even to make a judgment about China.
==============
It is an ABSURDITY to say that 'not enough is
known' to make a decision about China.
Patently ABSURD.
From the SAME article:
If the Chinese banks suffer computer
malfunctions, it would
paralyze hundreds of millions of dollars of
settlements within days.
One big problem is that an estimated 96 percent
of the software in China is pirated. Software manufacturers
generally refuse to repair products not sold
under a license. Faced with buying a license to become Year 2000
compliant, many Chinese companies simply opt
to leave their equipment alone.
But Chen said there were potential trouble spots.
The plant that supplies two-thirds of Beijing's water cannot be
shut down for testing, and Chen said he did not
know whether its computers were
vulnerable.
But Pollayannas will always assert that they do
not have enough
information. Even a letter from God would be
insufficient.
The fact of the matter is that China is about to
dissolve taking a great deal of the rest of Asia with them, and by
extension, the rest of the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/05/biztech/articles/11year.html

Experts here warn that China
could suffer everything from severe disruptions in power and water to
lesser but still expensive glitches in telecommunications, banking,
public health and transportation.

And China's woes could
spill over to Hong Kong, where banks,brokerage firms and shipping
companies with close ties to the mainland are worried about lost cargo
and missing payments.

"China is very, very behind in
Y2K contingency planning," said Joseph Sweeney, director of
research at the Hong Kong office of Gartner Group, a research firm
that specializes in the Year 2000 problem. "There's no way many
of their organizations will come up to speed in time."

Yet so little is known about the nature of the problem
here that the experts are often reduced to a digital-age version of
reading tea leaves as they scrounge for clues about how and where
China will be affected. The dearth of data is compounded by China's
computer network -- a mix of 1960s-era mainframe machines and
piratedcopies of the latest Windows software running on a variety
ofpersonal computers.

Tim Shepheard-Walwyn, the
chairman of the Global 2000Coordinating Group, a consortium of 300
banks that monitors Year 2000 compliance, said he did not have enough
information even to make a judgment about
China.

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It is an ABSURDITY to say that 'not enough is known'
to make a decision about China.

Patently
ABSURD.

From the SAME article:

If the
Chinese banks suffer computer malfunctions, it wouldparalyze
hundreds of millions of dollars of settlements within days.

One big problem is that an estimated 96 percent of the
software in China is pirated. Software manufacturers generally refuse
to repair products not sold under a license. Faced with buying a
license to become Year 2000 compliant, many Chinese companies simply
optto leave their equipment alone.

But Chen said
there were potential trouble spots. The plant that supplies two-thirds
of Beijing's water cannot be shut down for testing, and Chen said he
did not know whether its computers
werevulnerable.

But Pollayannas will always
assert that they do not have enoughinformation. Even a letter from
God would be insufficient.

The fact of the matter is that
China is about to dissolve taking a great deal of the rest of Asia
with them, and by extension, the rest of the
world.

>From: Damien Youth
>Reply-To: psychedelica@yahoogroups.com
>To: psychedelica@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [psychedelica] DMT and Owsley
>Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 15:48:31 -0600
>
>Considering there must have been a time when human's had to take
the
>laboratory
>approach to finding out what is & isn't fit for human consumption,
I
>suspect such
>natural hallucinogen's must have been ingested & could well have
been the
>recipe
>of the conception of god's. The question becomes, "Am I seeing
things that
>are
>not there because I am on a drug? or am I seeing things that have
always
>been
>there thanks to this drug?"
>
>I am fascinated by breaking out of the hypnotic trance of
consciousness &
>experiencing the higher levels of consciousness & awareness. And we
know we
>have
>various levels of awareness. Have you ever closed your eye right
before the
>bug
>ran into your lid? You didn't think "Hey here comes a bug, I think
it's
>coming
>towards my eye, I'll close my eye to keep that from happening" You
just
>closed
>your eye & then realized, only after, why you closed your eye. I
strongly
>believe
>there is some part of the mind that is so mathematically precise
that it
>can
>deduce the out come of a situation before it takes place, the
future! If it
>realizes it strongly enough, in a way, it has already been there. I
believe
>this
>could be one of the explanations for dejavu. If I stack ten
dominoes next
>to each
>other, then you watch as I tap the first domino, you watch as it
falls into
>the
>second domino, I believe, even if you turn away, your minds eye saw
the
>last
>domino fall. But that is our minds deduction abilities at it's most
>simplistic. I
>believe there are more complex areas of the mind that can deduce an
>"effect"
>before the conscious mind is even aware of the "cause". Like the
bug & the
>eye
>lid thing.
>
>I feel like I have consciously been through the crawl space that
leads to
>the
>other levels of consciousness & I have seen the peripheral
residents &
>yes, in
>my adult life I have done this by ingesting certain elements of
this earth
>;-)
>
>Though I must say, Mushrooms only made me laugh my ass off & then I
had an
>allergic reaction & had to go to the emergency room to have my
stomach
>pumped!!!
>The emergency ward is the worst place to have a trip! I remember
seeing a
>burn
>victim being rushed by on a big bed & people running up to surround
him. I
>would
>have sworn that they had just cooked him, the bed was really a
trey, the
>medical
>staff were really a kitchen staff & they were preparing the man for
dinner!
>The
>worst part was my stomach started to growl!!!! So I don't do
mushrooms
>anymore
>:-)
>
>
> > Personal choice is personal choice, but I've got to wonder why
anyone
>would
> > take such a risk with themselves.
>
>I'm quite sure natural hallucinogenic plants must have been
consumed before
>one
>of us gathered up the courage to be the first person to eat an egg.
>(Choice:
>Cute little green plant on the side of the hill top? or Hard white
object
>with
>slimy insides that fell from a chickens ass.) I think people take
greater
>risk
>experimenting with new fad diet pills or even joining in with
indulging in
>things
>that have proven themselves to be dangerous.
>
> > I don't see much difference between this
> > experience and that of walking into my kitchen, randomly pulling
out a
>bottle
> > of cleaner or disinfectant, taking a slug and waiting to see
what
>happens ...
>
>And with thoughts like that, you should definitely not do
hallucinogen's!
>
> >
> > will I get a buzz, find myself kissing the porcelean goddess,
or
>something
> > far worse ...
> >
>
>If you drink too much cheap hooch you will :-)
>
> >
> > Not to second guess anyone (and spiritual growth is a wonderful
>concept), but
> > this sure seems like a dumb way to try to attain such growth.
Go for a
> > strenuous outdoor hike, climb a local hill and enjoy the view,
put your
>young
> > kids to bed at night - all provide an enjoyable experience that
has to
>be as
> > good as DMT ...
> >
>
>I really respect what you are saying here.... But! if there is no
danger in
>DMT
>why exclude it from the other enjoyable experiences?
>
>Side note: One of the most radical mind states I have ever been in
was
>brought on
>by sleep deprivation. I was driving back from a gig in florida one
night,
>totally
>sober! I felt like I wasn't going to be able to stay awake, my
guitar
>player was
>already sleeping in the passenger seat. I decided I should pull off
at the
>next
>convenient store I come upon. I spotted one & started to pull off,
my
>guitar
>player jumped up & started yelling & grabbing the wheel! THERE WAS
NO
>CONVENIENT
>STORE!!!!!!!! It was a cow field! Later I thought, what if my
guitar player
>had
>woken up a few minutes later, would he have awoken to me standing
in a cow
>field
>trying to purchase a candy bar? & god forbid what I may have been
carrying
>up to
>the counter in place of an actual candy bar! And god forbid even
further if
>I had
>successfully checked out & began eating the supposed candy bar as I
climbed
>back
>into the truck!..... OKAY! I'll stop!
>
>luv,
>dy
>
>
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